I'm a big fan of comedies and dramas, and I watch tons of movies.

I'm English and I'm used to coming from a world of period dramas, where there's a very polite restraint to everything. Everybody's sort of sitting in drawing rooms.

Very often on films, even without a producer credit, I'll be involved, very early on. I want to be there as the thing is taking shape.

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with.

Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.